Guttural Death – Metal Newshttps://gutturaldeath.wordpress.com
SICKNESS, HATE AND PURE FUCKING BRUTALITY!Thu, 24 May 2018 19:30:11 +0000enhourly1http://wordpress.com/https://secure.gravatar.com/blavatar/0e2c7ed14e559649db2dadebe31babb6?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fs0.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.pngGuttural Death – Metal Newshttps://gutturaldeath.wordpress.com
OBITUARY and Relapse Records join forces; Band finalizing new albumhttps://gutturaldeath.wordpress.com/2014/06/05/obituary-and-relapse-records-join-forces-band-finalizing-new-album/
https://gutturaldeath.wordpress.com/2014/06/05/obituary-and-relapse-records-join-forces-band-finalizing-new-album/#respondThu, 05 Jun 2014 16:18:12 +0000http://gutturaldeath.com/?p=6307OBITUARY has partnered up with Relapse Records to release the band’s highly anticipated new album. One of the most influential and important death metal bands of all time, OBITUARY have completed recording their highly anticipated 9th studio album and first full-length in over five years. Self-recorded this April by the band at their own RedNeck studio in Gibsonton, FL, the group is currently wrapping up the final mixes.

The band commented on the new material: “We don’t know how to explain it but we really hit the “metal nail” on the head with this album. We have been writing and working on the new material for nearly 3 years now and we could not be more excited how these songs have all turned out. All the stars seem to have aligned for us and this release, with the songs, production and overall feel of this record, the band is more solid than ever.”

The album recording was funded by an extremely successful Kickstarter campaign in late 2013. Now the band has partnered with Relapse worldwide to maximize the release and impact of what is surely their heaviest and most cohesive record in 20 years. The group elaborated on the decision to create the Kickstarter campaign and sign with Relapse.

“We always knew that our fans were some of the most devoted fans on the planet and they proved it by stepping up, being a part of something new and supporting us with our KickStarter campaign. This was an amazing display of true fan support and we could not be more proud of everyone who helped raise the money to record this album by pre-ordering it, buying all the cool stuff we offered and just being a part of something that we believe will be the way of the future.

Now we have teamed up with Relapse Records to have them get this new album out there, in stores and available to the fans world wide. We are very excited about our partnership with Relapse and are looking forward to working beside them with the release. They are a great label and super cool people who have shown us that they are excited to have OBITUARY on their roster and are ready to push this album to its fullest potential.”

An album title, track titles and release date will be announced shortly.

Additionally, OBITUARY are preparing for two massive legs of European summer tours and festival appearances, kicking off June 6th and running through August 17th. A complete listing of dates is available below.

Death metal’s most brutal band DEVOURMENT have announced a major lineup change that sees the band regressing to the sewage from which they were originally conceived. After nearly 10 and 20 years, respectively, Eric Park and Mike Majewski have decided to leave the group to pursue other things. Their absence has ushered in the return of two of DEVOURMENT‘s most hailed players. DEVOURMENT co-founder Brad Fincher has reclaimed the drum throne, and Ruben Rosas has come back, sans guitar, to once again provide guttural filth on the mic. Rosas made his unique style of vocal assault infamous on the band’s legendary 1999 debut LP Molesting the Decapitated, and is known by true death metal aficionados to tout some of the lowest, sickest growls on the planet. The originator of the DEVOURMENT name and overall vision of groove-oriented, Texas style brutality that became the hallmark of the band’s sound, Brad Fincher co-wrote and performed drums on the early demos, Molesting the Decapitated, and the 1.3.8. compilation, which includes DEVOURMENT‘s signature slammer, Babykiller.

In addition to that personnel shift, incumbent bassist Chris Andrews has taken over the role of guitar, where he will be debuting his crushing style worthy of the DEVOURMENT lineage – pushing it forward into more extreme and punishing directions.

The band commented on the reformation: “DEVOURMENT mines it’s origins while marching toward a darker, ever more brutal future. Two eras of the Devourment legacy shift and combine in a completely new and deadly line-up. This hybrid monster is set to elevate the signature sound they created and deliver the definitive next level of hyper-brutal death metal. Nothing can prepare you for the Pure Apocalyptic Embludgeonment that is coming. Nothing.”

The band will debut this new lineup starting July 12th in Dallas, TX followed by a series of US tour dates and special appearances at Philadelphia’s This Is Hardcore Fest, New York Deathfest, and Louisville Deathfest. Additionally the band has confirmed a run of South American dates this August plus an appearance at Germany’s Essen Deathfest at Turock on October 11th.

DEVOURMENT released their fourth full-length and Relapse debut Conceived in Sewage in early 2013. The Erik Rutan (CANNIBAL CORPSE, HATE ETERNAL) produced album was the group’s heaviest and most critically acclaimed album to date.

]]>https://gutturaldeath.wordpress.com/2014/05/20/devourment-announce-lineup-reformation/feed/0DevourmentgutturaldeathBrad FincherBassist/frontman leaves FORGED IN GOREhttps://gutturaldeath.wordpress.com/2014/05/02/bassistfrontman-leaves-forged-in-gore/
https://gutturaldeath.wordpress.com/2014/05/02/bassistfrontman-leaves-forged-in-gore/#respondFri, 02 May 2014 12:58:35 +0000http://gutturaldeath.com/?p=6222After much discussion, Cleveland-based FORGED IN GORE and bassist/frontman Brian Baxter have decided to part ways. They write on their Facebook page: “This was not an easy decision to make but serves as the only logical conclusion to allow both parties to continue making music with our respective projects. We wish Brian nothing but the best, as well as the rest of our brothers in Embalmer. His time spent in FORGED has been quite a ride and we thank him for all that he has done to help the band move forward. We’ve all expended much time and energy on this project and none of it goes unappreciated.”

This, however, is not the end for FORGED IN GORE. The band are working hard on their new line-up that will be ready to crush as hard as ever. They continue: “We are looking towards our future and will continue to finish working on our debut album.”

A note to promoters: At this point they are fulfilling ALL shows that are currently booked. The band are looking forward to unveiling their new line-up and absolutely cannot wait to deliver some gore-soaked brutality!!!

The album’s first CD pressing will be a limited-edition digipak that will contain three bonus tracks! Those bonus tracks will also be available via download card to anyone who orders the album on vinyl or cassette, as well as anyone who orders the “deluxe edition” of the album on any digital platform!

TRACK LISTING:
1. Through The Triumphal Arch
2. Reforging The Crowns
3. Desecrated Souls
4. Resurgence of The Empire
5. Spears of Sacred Doom
6. Sealed Into Ecstasy
7. Redeemer Of Atrocity
8. Regicide
9. The Sun Worship
10. The Seas of Light
11. TheogonyBONUS TRACKS:
1. The Uncorrupted Ones
2. Frail As The Flesh Of Christ
3. Monarch of Heresy
]]>https://gutturaldeath.wordpress.com/2014/03/14/new-hour-of-penance-lyric-video-out/feed/0Hour-of-Penance-RegicidegutturaldeathHour-of-Penance-RegicideNEW INFECTING THE SWARM SONG/ALBUM COVER/RELEASE DATEhttps://gutturaldeath.wordpress.com/2014/03/07/new-infecting-the-swarm-songalbum-coverrelease-date/
https://gutturaldeath.wordpress.com/2014/03/07/new-infecting-the-swarm-songalbum-coverrelease-date/#respondFri, 07 Mar 2014 12:12:58 +0000http://gutturaldeath.com/?p=6136INFECTING THE SWARM just released a new song off the upcoming debut album “PATHOGENESIS” and the Album Art. The release date is set for 5.5.2014.

I´ve waited quite a while for this album and now that it´s here – I can´t stop listening to it. This album nails what modern melodic technicality and deathmetal is supposed to be. Fast, blasting and a musical artwork in itself. As you might have guessed by now – this album kicks ass!

As always, let´s take a look at the sound.
The album was mixed in 16th Cellar Studios – if you´ve been in the scene for a while and know a good amount of bands and musicians you´ll probably know what, where and who 16th Cellar Studios is – and that pretty much everything that comes out of those catacombs sounds devastating. “counterweight” is no exception here. The sound is incredibly unique and might throw you off the first time you listen to it. The guitars are a bit muffled and the drums are extremely defined, the vocals are powerful and cut through perfectly. That´s an interesting mixture. Usually I would miss the definition in the guitars with that kind of music but Amoeba managed to really pull this off. The guitars feel like a flowing river rather than a hacksaw – which is awesome because the technical stuff sounds killer that way. It´s really mesmerizing at times. The drums cut perfectly through the mix. Punching bass-drum and a snare that pops pretty good! The cymbals are smooth and just work fine in the background. The bass doesn´t really come through but you can hear it is there – works for me. The vocals are quite powerful as previously mentioned and sound just pissed off. Just the way I like it. The big picture makes the cake here – all these single elements put together work extremely well.

Now lets bite into the actual meat here – the Songwriting.
The obvious first thing to look at are the guitars because we´re dealing with technical death here. The riffing is brilliant and the best way to describe it would be to call it the bastard child of origin and some Necrophagist that was raised in a melodical home by a whitechapel fan. Most of the time the riffs are fast-paced, deep, sawing riffs with some sweet techy parts. Here and there are the occasional rhythm parts that punch you back into full awareness. The only thing that bothers me a bit is the (relative) lack of really iconic parts and riffs – here and there are riffs that get you really excited in your pants – but there should be more of that in an album that gets its power out of exactly this kind of riffing. I can hear that these guys have the potential to write parts that just stay in your head for weeks but they don´t make use of that talent too often and that’s a shame. The drumming is pretty much what you would expect with a release like this – lots of blasts, lots of double-bass, lots small fills. They just deliver. Nothing out of the ordinary – but the again there are only a handful of drummers that really play parts that really amaze me. The vocals are nice even though there are some passages with high-pitched kind of vocals in there that just annoyed the shit out of me – besides those it´s pretty straight forward death metal. Deep, aggressive and pissed off. Basically exactly what you would want with music like this.

Synopsis:
What the french quintet delivered here is a great Album with a LOT of potential, a lot of cool riffs and a great atmosphere. Technical Death mixed with melodic parts and some cool rhythm stuff. More iconic parts would have served this CD well but I´m sure these guys will improve on that. And I have to add that this is critique on a high level. A great start into the year! Oh…and did I add that this CD is UP FOR FREE DOWNLOAD? Fuckin A! Awesome move on the bands side!

Feels good to be back.
For everyone who thinks that the new Nephrectomy CD is pure slam – no, it really is not. Far from it actually. It´s pretty much exactly what the album cover tells your musical sense to think – groovy Slamgrind. And that’s pretty much everything you actually need to know about it – if you like Slam and you like Porngrind or Goregrind – then this CD is for you. No really, it´s that simple, go and pick it up right now if this is your kind of music. If not – I´d suggest you check out a song on youtube and see where it goes but if you hate the grindy stuff then you should stay away from this record.

Lets get into the sound.
The guitars sound like a VST with lots of presence and treble. The mids are pretty much left out of the picture which is a shame because it would have given some of the slower parts a wider feel. It doesn´t sound “bad” but rather like a characteristic sound. Not a bad idea considering this whole album is something fresh – stylistically spoken. The drums sound fine. You can hear that it is a drum-computer but it doesn´t sound robotic – it just sounds like your standard drum-sound. So its nothing you could condemn but nothing that is exceptional either. About the bass – I really wasn´t able to find one in the mix, maybe it just sits really tight with the guitar, but then again this isn´t technical progressive death metal. You don´t really need a fat bass that is delivering killer parts and stuff. It just needs to groove, and that it does! The vocals are characteristic for exactly one guy. If you hear those vocals and you heard them before you know exactly who it is, and that is pretty cool because it´s unique and just fits the whole thing. They are far from anything deep, low guttural but more “throat-y”. There isn´t much more to say about the sound so I´ll stop right here.

At this point I would usually go into the songs, see what the structure is, special riffs, hooks, great refrains, solos etc. etc. – but here it´s really not necessary. There is pretty much only one thing to say about the songs and the songwriting: Slam + Porn/Gore-Grind. There you go. If you know both genres then you know what to expect here. The cool thing and the thing that makes this CD stick out is the mixture. This is the kind of stuff you don´t hear too often. Now there is a good chance you´ll really don´t like this album, and that’s ok, but if you do you´ll know that this is something you won´t find too often within the boundaries of the whole brutal death genre.

Synopsis:
If you like Slam mixed with Grind – this CD is for you – if you don´t like one of the two – this CD probably isn´t for you. Simple as that. What the guys created here is unique – and that’s something that makes this CD stick out of the pile of boring slam that has flooded the genre with mediocrity. If this CD has a chance of being one of your long-time favourites depends on how much you like both genres but it´s good enough to put on your mp3 player or in your car for the occasional spin when you´re in the mood! And with 30 minutes of music there is enough meat on this bone to be worth your money!Written by: Johannes Schmailzl

]]>https://gutturaldeath.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/review-nephrectomy-interspecies-bondage/feed/01174780_507048862710975_2046339741_ngutturaldeath1174780_507048862710975_2046339741_n710New DEVANGELIC Album Artwork and Detailshttps://gutturaldeath.wordpress.com/2014/02/27/new-devangelic-album-artwork-and-details/
https://gutturaldeath.wordpress.com/2014/02/27/new-devangelic-album-artwork-and-details/#respondThu, 27 Feb 2014 11:42:30 +0000http://gutturaldeath.com/?p=6077Here is the final cover artwork for DEVANGELIC‘s debut full-length entitled “Resurrection Denied” that has been made by Toshihiro Egawa Art. The CD has been recorded, mixed and mastered at 16th Cellar Studio in Rome (Italy) by Stefano “Saul” Morabito and DEVANGELIC.

It will be released in June by Comatose Music followed by a tour in USA from 6th to 22nd June (including Las Vegas Death Fest on friday 13th) with LUST OF DECAY and COATHANGER ABORTION plus an European tour on September with our label mates ANTROPOFAGUS.